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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Birmingham pays half a billion pounds to under-fire landlordsSocial housing providers were criticised by a watchdog for failures – including conflicts of interest over funding
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Substandard landlords bank £132m to house vulnerable residentsSpecialist providers pocket huge sums in housing benefit, despite criticism from Regulator of Social Housing
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo tackle the cost of living crisis, we must end the Great British Rip OffA major culprit of the ‘cost of living’ crisis is hiding in plain sight: an extractive economy that redistributes...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Housing and Planning Bill is a disasterThe Housing and Planning Bill being debated at Westminster will only make Britain's housing crisis worse.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAffordable housing and the future of London as a creative cityWhat happens to a city when all the artists leave?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScottish rent controls: we’ve walked 500 miles, but we need to walk 500 moreNicola Sturgeon's announcement that the Scottish government will introduce rent controls is welcome, but the detail...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe new housing bill: people, planning or productivity?The Conservative government’s agenda is beginning to take shape. What has it to say about the things that matter...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSweets Way Resists: a community reclaims 'regeneration'Having been evicted, and facing demolition, the London Sweets Way estate campaigners have taken democracy into their...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKArchitects for Social Housing: fighting a political 'crisis'London’s housing ‘crisis’ is not a result of faceless economic forces: it has been carefully prepared and legislated...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe National Audit Office savages the government's inept "100,000 homes" driveThe NAO’s report on the government’s sales of public land for new homes makes for uncomfortable reading. But it’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK"Canary Wharf might as well be in a different world"A talk with Steve Stride, the chief executive of Poplar HARCA, on why in his area of London 'regeneration' isn't a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKVideo debate: the housing crisis - a very British disease.Would we be more innovative and prosperous if property was not a national obsession?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSweets Way evictions: building community in resistanceAs a housing estate is evicted in Barnet, a community is brought together in resistance.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAre self-builds the solution to London’s housing crisis?Self-build schemes can be empowering in so many ways. We need to renew and expand on the self-build legacy.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe housing crisis: a deficit in democracy #Occupydemocracy
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Published in: Shine A LightLegal aid cuts punish poorest tenantsVulnerable people threatened with eviction and victims of domestic violence are among those being denied access to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKQuestioning time - housing and social justice teach-inWhat are the alternatives to the 'gentrification'/'regeneration' model?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDefending property guardianship - everyone benefitsGuardianship, organisations placing people in unoccupied homes as we do at Dot Dot Dot, has come under a fair amount...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt’s time for rent controlsThere's a momentary chance to push the Scottish government into introducing rent controls. It's important not to miss it.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA viable alternative to 'regeneration'
The "Regrowth" model could potentially solve many of the problems facing councils, allowing for sustainable,...
